The United States remains "dangerously vulnerable" to chemical, biological and nuclear attacks seven years after 9/11, a forthcoming independent study concludes. And a House Democrats' report says the Bush administration has missed one opportunity after another to improve the nation's security.

The repercussions of an airline's decision to remove a group of imams from a commercial flight in Minneapolis could be heard in Congress this year, with civil rights groups pushing Democratic lawmakers to ban racial profiling. The incident happened in November, made national news and reinvigorated an old proposal that got little attention from the GOP.

The repercussions of an airline's decision to remove a group of imams from a commercial flight in Minneapolis could be heard in Congress this year, with civil rights groups pushing Democratic lawmakers to ban racial profiling.

Along with the local Labor Day parade, the U.S.-Mexico border is one of the hottest campaign stops for politicians looking ahead to this fall's elections. Republicans and Democrats alike have gone to the nearly 2,000-mile frontier, hoping to convince voters they'll be tough on illegal immigration in a year when polls show the issue has people concerned.

Former members of the Sept. 11 commission met Tuesday with Vice President Cheney, and President Bush planned talks with leaders of Congress in an attempt to gain passage for an intelligence reorganization bill this year.